Lincoln Parish Police Jury District 9 representative Joe Henderson has announced he will seek another 4-year term in the fall elections.

During his 19-year tenure on the jury, Henderson has served as jury vice president, on the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission and as chair of human resources, finance and the Louisiana Community Development Block Grant committees.

“We have endured budget reductions, state and federal mandates, increased costs associated with funding of our pension plans, medical coverage for our employees and several turnovers of jurors,” he said.

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Lincoln Parish Park Director James Ramsaur will likely get a few items on his park wish list in the near future thanks to an anticipated funding boost.

A cooperative endeavor agreement between the Lincoln Parish Police Jury and Ruston-Lincoln Convention and Visitor’s Bureau approved by the legislature when the park was built called for the CVB and the park to share a 3 percent hotel/motel tax collected at the time.

The CVB would receive 2 percent and the park 1 percent of this tax paid by all who stayed at parish hotels and motels.

Former Lincoln Parish state Rep. William Sumlin is free on $25,000 bond today after being arrested Tuesday on charges of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested Sumlin, 71, following an investigation into a complaint received by the sheriff’s department, Major Chad Alexander, the department’s public information officer, said.

Sumlin was arrested at his home near Simsboro shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to the arrest warrant. Alexander said Sumlin offered no resistance.

Most anyone who drives down U.S. Highway 167 near Reynolds Drive around 5 p.m. encounters traffic congestion.

Within the next year, action will likely be taken to help facilitate traffic flow in this area.
Ed Pittman, Ruston assistant city administrator, said the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has authorized $800,000 for a project at the intersection. There would be a right turn lane on U.S. 167 onto Reynolds Drive and a right turn lane on westbound Reynolds Drive onto U.S. 167.